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Linwood's money: where it comes from and where it goes

In the latest recorded fiscal year (ended December 31, 2021), Linwood took in $37.9 million and spent $25.0 million.

Latest recorded year: ended December 31, 2021Comes fromGoes to

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Where it comes from

City taxes89%State tax money5.2%Fees for services (sewer, school tuition and transportation)4.6%Fines and other1.2%County and local tax money0.4%

What stands out

88%

of Linwood's money comes from property tax.A typical U.S. city, town or village of under 10,000 people gets 15%.

City taxes89%

Property tax
88%$33.3 million
Other taxes
0.8%$302 thousand
What's in other taxesOther licenses; alcoholic beverage licenses and 1 more
  • Other licenses$293 thousand
  • Alcoholic beverage licenses$5 thousand
  • Occupation and business licenses$4 thousand

Amounts are by Census tax category.

Fees for services4.6%

Fees for services
4.6%$1.8 million
What's in fees for servicesSewer; school tuition and transportation and 2 more
  • Sewer$1.3 million
  • School tuition and transportation$250 thousand
  • Other school charges$107 thousand
  • School lunches$101 thousand

Amounts are by Census type of charge.

State tax money5.2%

Money the state passes on, paid for by the state taxes residents also pay.

From the state
5.2%$2.0 million

County and local tax money0.4%

Money passed on by the county or other local governments.

From the county and other local governments
0.4%$148 thousand

Fines and other1.2%

Interest, rents and other
1.1%$404 thousand
Fines
0.1%$38 thousand

Where it goes

Schools and colleges73%Running the government and other costs9.5%Water, sewer, trash and utilities8.4%Roads, transit and parking2.5%Sent to other local governments2.2%All other spending4.9%

What stands out

73%

of Linwood's spending goes to schools and colleges.Most U.S. cities, towns and villages of under 10,000 people spend nothing on this.

Spending by category100%

Schools and colleges
73%$18.2 million
What's in schools and collegesElementary and secondary schools
  • Elementary and secondary schools$18.2 million
Running the government and other costs
9.5%$2.4 million
What's in running the government and other costsOther and not broken out; government buildings and 2 more
  • Other and not broken out$1.7 million
  • Government buildings$530 thousand
  • Finance, tax collection and budgeting$69 thousand
  • Central staff services (personnel, purchasing, technology)$63 thousand
Water, sewer, trash and utilities
8.4%$2.1 million
What's in water, sewer, trash and utilitiesSewer systems and garbage and solid waste
  • Sewer systems$1.4 million
  • Garbage and solid waste$644 thousand
Roads, transit and parking
2.5%$620 thousand
What's in roads, transit and parkingRoads and highways
  • Roads and highways$620 thousand
Sent to other local governments
2.2%$553 thousand
What's in sent to other local governmentsSent to local governments: other and not broken out and sent to the state government
  • Sent to local governments: other and not broken out$534 thousand
  • Sent to the state government$19 thousand
Interest on debt
1.7%$418 thousand
Parks, recreation and libraries
1.7%$416 thousand
What's in parks, recreation and librariesLibraries and parks and recreation
  • Libraries$315 thousand
  • Parks and recreation$101 thousand
Police, fire, courts and jails
1.5%$376 thousand
What's in police, fire, courts and jailsPolice; fire protection and 1 more
  • Police$212 thousand
  • Fire protection$104 thousand
  • Courts and legal services$60 thousand
Health and hospitals
<0.1%$7 thousand
What's in health and hospitalsPublic health
  • Public health$7 thousand
Sources and moreWhere these numbers come from and what they cover

City of Linwood. U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Finance, individual unit file, fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. The Census record for this government is from the 2022 survey, the newest on file.

What this covers. The money of City of Linwood itself. Other governments that serve the same area (the city, county, school district and state) are separate and not included. Borrowing, transfers between a government's own funds, and pension trust funds are not counted as revenue.